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BENTWOOD
Definition of BENTWOOD
noun
Lengths of wood that have been made pliable by heating with steam and then bent into the appropriate shape (to make furniture, ships' hulls, etc.).
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Where it comes from
From bent + wood.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BENTWOOD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 97, 25 August 2026.
Built from these letters
BENTWOOD starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BDENOOTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found BENTWOOD?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 97 - and most players walked straight past it.
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